“Freedom Is The Right Of All Sentient Beings.”

“Sorry it took a bit, I had to pull Heatwave away from his training dummy just to get him over here.” They chuckle, nudging the mech beside them which earned them a sarcastic laugh from the fire truck, but they knew he wasn’t actually upset at all, if anything, he was more amused.

“You two act like an old married couple.” Blades snickers as they join the group, setting down a blanket.

“Well, they have been together before we ever arrived on Earth.” Boulder backs up Blades with the knowledge of how long the two have been together.

Heatwave grumbles and rolls his optics before Chase joins in, stating his own thoughts. “Technically, that would make them an old married couple, as Blades has stated previously.”

“Yeah yeah…” Heatwave grumbled as he took his place beside his partner on a nest of pillows and blankets. “Very funny.”

“Come on, Heatwave, lighten up.” They let out a small laugh before turning their attention to the others. “So, what’re we watching?”

“How about a war movie?” As always, Heatwave suggests his favorite genre of movie, anything war or fighting related, he loved. Probably because of the action packed scenes.

“A sitcom would be nice, comedy after a long day.” They suggested their own option, with Heatwave groaning quietly at, making them stifle a laugh, knowing that he finds sitcoms dreadfully boring.

“Oh! What about a romance movie! It’d be all lovey dovey and cute!” Blades piped up with a smile, clasping his servos together with an almost blissful expression.

Which did earn another grumble from the team leader, he wasn’t fond of any of the options offered so far, but he still waited to hear what Boulder and Chase had to offer. After all, the movie choice had to be unanimous, that way it’s fair.

“An action film would be an excellent choice, both exciting and entertaining. Particularly with many high speed chases.” Chase was calm when he stated his preferred genre, and of course, he was interested in anything with high speed chases, it was certainly something he was fond of, likely because of his time with the Chief.

“I think our lives are filled with more than enough action to make a long movie series…” Boulder retorts before adding onto his words. “A nature documentary, so we can relax properly and even learn more about Earth!”

They chuckle beside Heatwave. “I don’t mind any, I’d personally watch any of them.” They shrugged, leaning their helm against Heatwave’s shoulder plating.

Blades hums, rubbing his chin before gasping. “We could vote! Whichever movie genre wins is the one we'll watch! The winner even gets to pick the movie.”

“Sounds good to me.” They agree, the rest of the team nodding in agreement as well. A vote it is!

“Alright, all in favor of an action movie! Show of servos!” Blades starts with Chase’s choice, which obviously Chase votes for with a raise of his servo, and so does Heatwave, mainly because it was an action movie, but they, Boulder, Blades oppose it, much to Chase’s disappointment, though he doesn’t stay stuck up on it for long, they had voted, it was fair.

“Action is out, so next is…a documentary!” Blades hums, mentally keeping track of what gets voted out and what hasn’t.

Which, only two people voted for it, that being Boulder and them who had raised their servos, everyone else vetoed the option, but did make Heatwave turn to look at them. “Seriously? A nature documentary?” He questioned with a raised brow.

“What? I like documentaries, plus, it would’ve been a nice, calm option.” They shrugged, like they said, any option was good to them, they didn’t mind any option…well, except one.

“War movie?” Almost everyone voted out Heatwave’s suggestion, earning a grumble from the mech with a quiet rev of his engine.

They shook their helm with an amused smile, “Sorry, but I really don’t want to sit through a war movie…given that we’re currently in a war, that’s too much war for me.” Heatwave sighed at their amused apology before hearing Cody’s voice echo through the bunker, calling for the team leader from the elevator into the bunker.

“Keep voting without me, I’m going to go check on Cody.” Heatwave excuses himself as he gets to his pedes, the others agree to continue with their voting while he’s gone.

“Tell Cody I said goodnight!” They hummed as Heatwave left, hearing a small chuckle come from the mech as he disappeared around the corner, but after he left, the voting continued.

…and ends with a tie.

Blades and Boulder voted in favor of a romance movie, while both them and Chase voted in favor of a sitcom.

It made the group pause, their snickers following, of course it ended in a tie after Heatwave left. “Maybe we should wait for him to get back? He can be our tiebreaker.” They suggest through small laughs, which everyone agrees too, now waiting for the leader to return.

And it didn’t take long for Heatwave to return.

“So, what’s the verdict?” Heatwave questions as he came back around the corner after helping Cody with something simple, he just needed to find something for a school project he was working on late at night.

“It’s a tie between romance and a sitcom. We voted for a sit while Blades and Boulder voted for a romantic film.” Chase explains, gesturing between them and himself. “You are now the deciding factor in what we will be watching.”

“And you cannot be biased towards their option just because your partners! It has to be what you'd prefer to watch!” Blades pipes up again, pointing at them from his spot which got him a confused mutter from them.

“I’d prefer neither…” Heatwave muttered as he sat back down beside them, but got elbowed in the side by them instead, causing a grunt to escape him. “Fine!” He huffs, now thinking to himself on which one would be less painful to sit through.

Heatwave grumbled while rubbing his brow, sighing as he finally broke the tie with his vote. “Romance. As long as it isn’t some stereotypical one! Pick something that’s actually interesting and not a reuse of a script.” He could watch a romance movie, as long as it wasn’t boring or incredibly cheesy.

Though that doesn’t stop Blades from cheering as his choice won, quickly grabbing the remote and searching through what options he could find on the tv.

“I’ll admit, I was kinda, somewhat hoping you’d be biased towards my choice.” They leaned against Heatwave, whispering to him as they watched Blades hurriedly look through whatever romance movies he could find. “But it doesn’t matter to me, as long as everyone is having fun, right? Besides, some romance movies have action and comedy in them.” They hum, feeling his frame relaxing finally.

“I just think sitcoms are boring.” Heatwave mutters as he wraps an arm around them. “And you’re right, some of these movies can be interesting.”

“Eh…that’s fair, sitcoms aren’t for everyone.” They chuckle quietly before settling in, nestled against his side as Blades finally selects a decent movie, pressing play.

While Heatwave may not fully enjoy the movie, he still thinks they’re corny, he wasn’t going to leave either, he’d stay and watch the full thing, not wanting to be anywhere else but with his team.